Building/Facility Contracts. As an online school, Elevated Charter School will not have a physical site/school, but will locate and rent a small office space for administrative purposes and secure records and materials storage. No students will be present in the administrative office, and thus provisions for student facilities will not be a consideration. Teaching staff will work from their homes, throughout Utah, with some travel which will be reimbursed. Elevated Charter School will hold regular staff meetings virtually. Also see Section 7c: Facilities (above). All staff will meet in person once each school year for all-day professional development and collaboration. For in-person annual staff meetings, Elevated Charter School will rent a facility for 1 day with a contract limited to that day. No students will attend that meeting and thus provisions for student facilities will not be a consideration. In regions with adequate enrollment, Elevated Charter School will facilitate in-person activities (park days, field trips, etc), renting space for that event only when necessary. Any rented space will meet all e-occupancy requirements for hosting public school students. Materials for the preoperational year and subsequent operational years will be stored in the Elevated Charter School administrative office. Appropriate insurance policies will be obtained to protect Elevated assets stored in the administrative office. Education Service Provider Contracts: Elevated Charter School will budget up to $500 per student, per school year, and prorated for students who enroll after the start of the school year at the rate of $50 per month, for student-chosen, general education, academic activities provided by Education Service Providers. These funds can only be used to pay ESPs who are approved by Elevated Charter School. Approval must be granted before Elevated students begin services and requires (1) background checks on all ESP employees or contracted workers who will have contact with Elevated students, and (2) ESP signing an agreement acknowledging that ESP will receive payment directly from Elevated Charter School and only after services contracted have been completed and verified, as well as a form W2 or 1099 as appropriate. Services may include those activities and subjects as listed in Utah Board of Education’s Graduation Requirements but not available directly from Elevated Charter School or Utah’s State Online Education. Activities may include instruction in areas of: arts, physical ed...
